Joy, brilliance and companionship: The building blocks of a good life
Source Kirsty Kelly took this picture of her daughter Rebecca in Kelvingrove Art Gallery (Scotland) on September 29, 2012. THOUGHT 1: I love the unselfconscious abandon with which the little girl is dancing in front of John Lavery’s 1911 painting of the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. She clearly saw something in the painting and responded to it with her whole body, literally throwing herself into her response. It is a glorious response. DESIRE 1: I want this in my life, this open joyful response to something that someone has created. Or, indeed, to have someone respond to my own creative endeavours in this way. THOUGHT 2: “Sometimes the future changes quickly and completely … and we are left only with the choice of what to do next … We can choose to be afraid of it, to stand there, trembling, not moving, assuming the worst that can happen or we can step forward into the unknown and assume it will be brilliant.” Dr. Cristina Yang’s exit speech, Grey’s Anatomy, S10/ep 24 DESIRE